New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-18
ALL AGAINST greenwich,
srpose EVIDENCE In THE MURDER TRIAL.
v,s wxrxss sronY-rHE PRISONERS CONFESSION


vps wxrxss sroRY-THE PRISONERS CONFESSION
--TuE MEN ON The FERRYBoAT.
y Mr., Evadne Weeks for the murder OF whose nus
hand John Greenwel s on trial in the Brooklyn court
of Sessions and Greenwell's two fellow iodgers anu
criminals Rust and Krause, who clslm that ne con-
fessed the murder to tbem the chie witnesses ~
4he case Yesterday Mrs Weeks was dressed III
Widows weeds and burst into tears soon after 'shs
the yiinessvhair She told how she kept nei sn'e
on buffet near the window OF the basement u,u"s
room at No. 1,071 De Kalbave. On ,ho LIZ .Sn had
March IL she was aroused by noise before she mao
g,ne 70 sleep She awoke her husband ana ne went
down stairs She watched him until he entered tne
basement and beard him speak she then ran 10 inc
speaking, tube and asked what was inc matter.
Getting no reply she opened the window ana
screamed As she did so she saw man leave tne
house and go toward Stuygesant-ave, and heard nm
run az he lost In the darkness. "Deh tue
alarmed neighbors entered the house she wen' WIN
them to the dining and found her husoahu ueuu
Her husbands overcoat was brought pack 10 the
hose aiterward On her crossexamination no new
facts were elected, but GreenweFs counsei aSF gu
he resembled the she saw gong out Oh 'ne gaze
Greenwell stood ~ in q shrinking atutuue ana sue
sand he ought to stand straight. When he did so she
said he looked like the man she saw only the iugVe
Rad hat and oyercoat on He had a short neck like
the prisoner. Mrs. Weeks manifested remarkaoie
composure while giving her evidence but tremoled as
,he passed the prisoner. Hell mother, Mrs. Mary l.
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of the murder told what she knew, which was cor
roborntve of Mrs Weekss tesiim ony
Dr. Noah Tit,emore one OF the first OF the neign-
bors to enter the house, testified that the dihihg
room bore the appearance OF astruggle, a char by
the door being broken. Mr. Weeks was dead when
tbe witness entered lying on his back with bullet
hole over his heart Eviden, OF similar character
IN gard to the scenes OF the murder was given by
David NJ. Nicely Robert Nicely, Police Captain D"nne
Policeman Westerteld, and +. 5. Henderson
More MT estipg evidence was gwen Dy JOnn MUST
alias John Baker one of the pals OF the indicted
man. While this evidence was beng gwen hrause,
bis associate was removed from The room Rust
testified that he met Greenwell III Bowery lodglng-
house and knew him five weeks before the murdeT
VIII Oh he read of in the papers. lie saw 1reeh"ei
and Miller together frequently. On the night OF
March Ia he saw Greenwich at the lodgIng-h0us NO
90 Bowery, sitting IN chair Mhen ne asker Iio9 he
well why be did not go 10 bed Greenwell salu ne
could not sleep. He had money euougd 10 get MS
bed but said il was OF no use Tor HIN TO get IT.. Two
days a'erwad ne h Wben Krause asked him to 90
over to Brooklyn Greenwell said he could not Tor he
had shot man IN DE Kalbave. and he might DO
recognized although he had sold his Prince Albert
coat Before Weeks killed Greenwich went 10
bed regularly, but after that he slept in char .
On his cross animation the witness saiu that ne
had served term Blackwells Island for over
chargng a man with an express package he
changed his name TO Baker because ne ala noe mani
70 be known living in clearinghouse UreehWeu
told hm about shooting Weeks IN the readinS room
at the lod gng house The story was told t. krduse
aiterward. They had been together IN burglary III
Forsyth-st. before II at time. The witness had to
admit that he no nervousness IN Oreehwehs
manner before he tcld of the murder then nc was
exceedingly nervous Greenwich did not tell them SO
that no ore else could hear what he said When he
told Krause the witness could near all he said.
After an Identification of the 32cahbre bullet when
cansed Weeks's death by DETECTIVE Anderson. Paul
Krause was called to the stand his testimony was
given 10y interpreter, tut he ansT cred some ques-
tions directly HIS evidence was to the ehect tnat on
the tuesday after Mr.. Weeks shot lie met Green
well at No. 53 Bowery, and asked MIN 10 90 TO
BROOKLYN Greenwe said he couldn't in the dav
hal aI rll
fear he would be recognized, Tor he had shot man
in De Kalb.ave. The witness had seen Grernwel
only a few times before the murder. Greenwich said
he had lost his revolver and got new Cne On cross
examination the prisoners counsel asked the witness
"Dld you ever carry arevoiver y "InoT' whiting
for the Interpreter krause answered; No. -
15i" mo: 'Y' ""'' 0-'|',0
aNo responded the witness, evidently misunder-
standing the question. He stated that he was not IN
De Kalbave. that night and so e1uia not nave com
BROOKLYN where he lived. He thought he could
prove that he was there. The witnesses account OF
GreepwelPs confession to him did not vary much
from Rust's He declared that he stood in front OF
(reenwell at the time while Rust SAID tbat they were
ali sitting. lie contrsdicted Rust about making the
story known Inspector ByrDes each claiming that
he told OF first The witness declared that his real
name was Paul Hoenig lie had served year on
Detective c. p McManus OF this city, testified that
he advised Greenwel to tell Inspector byrnes an ne
knew of the Weeks murder, OF else Mllef "ouiu uo
90 and the prisoner said that Miller would stick 10
him Greenwell denied that he had been in broohlyn
for six months Detective L9man gave similar evil
dence Adolpnus L. Chamberlain lsrltor OF uats at
Filth-aye. and 0nehundredf nd twenty -hith-st was
next called. his evidence was In eHect that IN INC
Afternoon OF March %, he two men IN the Fulton
Ferry eouse on this side, one OF whom shuf1ed ms
feet As the witness passed them he notced the
curious expression OF the mans eyes, ana lh"I hHru
the faces OF the men in his mind. At lO40 that
eyeninr he saw the same two men in De kalb.ave;,
near No. 1071. The witness then positively luehu-
fled Greenwell as one OF the men. Miller was taken
into the courtroom and was also identIned by the
witness as the other he saw. The cross-exalnlha
ton failed 10 shake his evidence in The least
The last ciiness Tor the day was Or Atwood, VINO
identified Green ell S of two men he saw near
Weeks's house on the night OF the CRIME Inc lrlai
vii 90 on ut 1890 to-day.